The 3 crucial leukemia symptoms are persistent fatigue, persistent weakness and severe or frequent infections.
Fever and chills are also common with leukemia.
The two late stage symptoms of leukemia are slow breathing with long pauses, noisy breathing with congestion and cool skin which can turn bluish, dusky color which also occurs especially in the feet and hands.
Other late symptoms or end stage symptoms of leukemia are dryness of mouth and lips, decreased amount of urine, loss of bowel and bladder control and restlessness or repetitive, involuntary movements.
The leukemia symptoms are increased bruising and bleeding, tiredness, and or anemia, (pale complexion, breathlessness and weakness, repeated infections, mouth sores, sore throat, sweats, fevers, coughing, boils, infected cuts and scratches and frequent passing of urine with irritation.
Leukemia cancer can sometimes be cured through chemo or other cancer treatments to keep it from spreading although it may come back.
The sooner you get treatment for Leukemia the higher chance you have at being cured.
If the leukemia is caught and treated soon enough then you can in most cases be fully cured of Leukemia.
Although it still has a slight chance of coming back.
AML Leukemia is a deadly cancer.
If not treated the AML leukemia can spread and be fatal.
The 5-year survival rate for people 20 and older with AML is 26%.
For people younger than 20, the survival rate is 68%.
However, survival depends on several factors, including biologic features of the disease and, in particular, a patient's age.
Leukemia patients do usually need a bone marrow transplant which can help create new healthy blood cells and help treat the Leukemia cancer.
In some cases, a bone marrow transplant may even help get rid of harmful leukemia cells.
The goal of a bone marrow transplant in treating leukemia is complete remission.
The long term side effects of a bone marrow transplant include.
Infertility, meaning you cannot become pregnant or make a woman pregnant when you want to.
Cataracts, an eye condition that causes cloudy vision.
Sexual side effects and early menopause.
Thyroid problems.
Lung or bone damage.
Formation of another cancer.
Side effects of a bone marrow transplant include.
Nausea and vomiting.
Sores in your mouth.
Fatigue.
Low levels of platelets, making it more difficult for your blood to clot.
Low levels of red blood cells, causing anemia.
Diarrhea.
Bone marrow transplants can be dangerous and carry serious risk but most people come out fine when they have a bone marrow transplant.
A bone marrow transplant poses numerous risks.
Some people experience minimal problems with a bone marrow transplant, while others can have serious complications that require treatment or hospitalization.
Sometimes, complications are life-threatening.
The life expectancy after a bone marrow transplant varies depending on your age and current overall health.
However some people live a normal life after a bone marrow transplant and some live only 5 to 15 years after the bone marrow transplant.
The life expectancy of a person after a bone marrow transplant is between 5 to 15 years and sometimes longer as long as the bone marrow transplant takes.
Most bone marrow transplants take just fine and then the person is cured and lives a normal life expectancy.
My Grandmother had a bone marrow transplant and lived 30 years after the bone marrow transplant.
Your age and current health can factor into the life expectancy after the bone marrow transplant.
A bone marrow transplant is painless as you'll be given anesthesia when you have the bone marrow transplant done.
You may be awake during the bone marrow transplant but you won't feel a thing during the procedure.
Stem cells for bone marrow transplants are infused into your body through a central line and it's painless.
Even donating bone marrow is painless as well.
Donating or giving bone marrow is not really dangerous and is relatively safe for the bone marrow donator.
The only real risk with donating bone marrow is the use of anesthesia and it's effects on some people but even that is pretty safe.
Most bone marrow surgeries to donate bone marrow go through without any problems.
But you might feel sore for a few days where the bone marrow was removed from.
Donating bone marrow does not shorten your life.
When you donate bone marrow the bone marrow that was removed from you for donation will eventually grow back on it's own.